NFL Playoffs Challenge Divisional Round Results

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January 13, 2014 by Mike

Round 2 – Divisional Playoffs – of our NFL Playoffs Challenge is in the books. We are at the halfway point and this is still a wide open competition for who is going to claim each of the coveted Top 5 money spots, including number one overall after the Super Bowl.

This was a very good week for the “home” side. Not that we (Throwdown) win anything as players are trying to earn points in this competition relative to one another. Throwdown1, this week manned by my “ringer”, Tim Grinstead or better known as member tttimmyg and writer of the Three Keys to Victory column all season, went 15-7. I focussed on the Throwdown2 account this week, and my record was 18-4.

You can guess what went right for both of us. We didn’t discuss strategy going in, as I just asked Tim to do the QB-Flex lineups, but apparently we each independently loved LeGarrette Blount this week and grabbed him whenever we could. Getting the first pick was big this week too, assuming it was used on Marshawn Lynch. Keenan Allen looked nothing like a rookie and scored the best at WR with his two scores.

The quarterbacks were all huddled together and none really stood out, except Tom Brady in a negative way about 10 points behind the other five starters. Jimmy Graham was shut down. I opted for Julius Thomas first at TE, but if I didn’t get him then I still fell for the name recognition of Graham a few times. Stellar season but bumbled it at the end for fantasy players with a poor Week 15, and mostly invisible playoffs.

Even with only a combined 11 losses in 44 games for Throwdown1 and Throwdown2, two of our players still managed to win both of their games this week. rhazes_darkk and Kjhawkey each went 2-0. Nicely done gentlemen. Adding to this accomplishment, rhazes_darkk won both of his games by 21+ points for the 0.5 point bonus in the standings, and he wins the weekly prize of $50 for this week.

r_d was clearly high on the Blount train. I liked Blount a lot, but waited expecting to get him later in most challenges, and I’m guessing Tim was the same. r_d took Blount in the 3rd round of his Throwdown2 draft. It paid off for him big time.

r_d pulls into a first place overall tie with mr_punisher, who went 1-1 for the week. mr_p holds the tie-breaker right now though, given his huge margin of victory in his DP win vs. Throwdown2. He won by a 109 points! Yes, I did field a lineup as bad as that sounds. He grabbed Lynch first overall, Blount in the 5th, Marques Colston, Anquan Boldin. I had Brady, Graham. It was a massacre. Definitely the largest margin of victory this week in the whole contest.

Kjhawkey is in third overall. Last week’s top player, raptors, falls to fourth. Then we have a logjam at the next six spots, all 2-2 and just half a point separating them.

One more quick props out to Fantasytaz, who was the only player who drafted LaVon Brazill in all of Fantasy Throwdown this week, not just our NFL Playoffs Challenge. Rewarded for his bold call with 2 touchdowns.

Okay, lets get to the weekly standings for Divisional Playoffs, followed by updated overall standings.

Divisional Playoffs Standings

W

L

W by 21+

Pts

Dif

1. rhazes_darkk

2

0

2

5.0

63.5

2. Kjhawkey

2

0

0

4.0

22.0

3. mr_punisher

1

1

1

2.5

80.4

4. awilde27

1

1

1

2.5

31.8

5. Bigchief37

1

1

1

2.5

-14.2

6. Scott Kuff

1

1

0

2.0

-3.7

7. NiteHawk55

1

1

0

2.0

-31.8

8. Doclate

1

1

0

2.0

-40.8

9. BeastModeCV

1

1

0

2.0

-44.8

10. Fantasytaz

0

2

0

0.0

-4.3

11. eddieprobro

0

2

0

0.0

-41.3

12. atcdav

0

2

0

0.0

-68.8

13. Airbus79

0

2

0

0.0

-78.0

14. j0eo1s

0

2

0

0.0

-80.9

15. spridlewv

0

2

0

0.0

-81.6

16. raptors

0

2

0

0.0

-86.2

17. jeffNFL

0

2

0

0.0

-88.2

18. Haysie

0

2

0

0.0

-92.1

19. ffrittle

0

2

0

0.0

-94.7

20. Wilforkisland

0

2

0

0.0

-97.7

21. Luxuriousdusti

0

2

0

0.0

-113.9

22. robmcangus

0

2

0

0.0

-118.2

Overall Standings

W

L

W by 21+

Pts

Dif

1. mr_punisher

3

1

3

7.5

171.2

2. rhazes_darkk

3

1

3

7.5

95.4

3. Kjhawkey

3

1

0

6.0

3.1

4. raptors

2

2

2

5.0

46.7

5. awilde27

2

2

1

4.5

31.0

6. spridlewv

2

2

1

4.5

-8.5

7. Bigchief37

2

2

1

4.5

-27.9

8. NiteHawk55

2

2

0

4.0

-27.8

9. BeastModeCV

2

2

0

4.0

-51.6

10. Luxuriousdusti

2

2

0

4.0

-91.6

11. eddieprobro

1

3

1

2.5

-21.9

12. atcdav

1

3

1

2.5

-39.3

13. Haysie

1

3

1

2.5

-49.1

14. Scott Kuff

1

3

0

2.0

-48.9

15. Airbus79

1

3

0

2.0

-88.0

16. j0eo1s

1

3

0

2.0

-100.8

17. jeffNFL

1

3

0

2.0

-103.4

18. ffrittle

1

3

0

2.0

-112.8

19. Doclate

1

3

0

2.0

-134.5

20. Fantasytaz

0

4

0

0.0

-55.8

21. Wilforkisland

0

4

0

0.0

-141.5

22. robmcangus

0

4

0

0.0

-239.7

Conference Championships

Conference Championships up next! Each person is due for another two games this week, but keep in mind the player pool is cut down to two-thirds its normal size because there are only two games on the schedule. When you accept your challenge, you only need to decide if you want the first pick in the draft, or the second plus third picks in the draft.

The lineups for this week are:

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 O, 0 K, 1 DEF, 1 Block (Flex RB/WR/TE)

vs. Throwdown1, and:

1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DEF, 1 Block (no Flex)

vs. Throwdown2.

Games will be added shortly. Keep fighting to the end, because you can make up ground quickly in this competition. Same points are awarded this week as the last two weeks. Points are double for the Super Bowl, and there are still bonus points for how many times you drafted the eventual Super Bowl MVP, which we won’t know until the end of the big game on February 2nd. Good luck!